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Doug Reardon replied to Holo Gram's discussion 'Does every living animal have a consciousness?'"Amoeba? Coral? Sponge? Salp?"
RobertPiano replied to Unseen's discussion 'The suburbs are becoming the new slums'"ahh yes...the burbs..the smell of bbq lighter fluid, the weekday army of bugmen and plumbers, the weekend army of lawn mowers and leaf blowers.
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Melvinotis replied to Unseen's discussion 'The suburbs are becoming the new slums'"I was a tutor for kids in the Cabrini-Green projects in the late 80's. I can tell you that things have changed. Chicago Housing Authority has or is tearing down all of its high rise housing stock and moved all the residents into separate houses…"
matt.clerke replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Hi Belle, a large part of my objection was indeed the absolutism of the statement. Given that people around the world are not the same as people in modern western society, I agree that empowerment of women and men up to the point of equality with…"
Strega replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'EMPOWERING WOMEN!!!!!!!!'"Maternity leave is a big problem for small businesses. If you hire a woman of childbearing age, it is entirely possible that she will get pregnant and require maternity leave. If you are a small company with say four employees, you…"
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